Czech film director Věra Chytilová dies aged 85

Czech film director Věra Chytilová died in Prague on Wednesday at the age
of 85, her family said. A native of Ostrava, Chytilová became a leading
figure of the new wave of Czech cinema of the 1960s with films such as
Daises and Fruit of Paradies; her best-known later movies include Prefab
Story, Calamity, The Jester and the Queen, and others. For many years,
Věra Chytilová taught filmmaking at Prague’s FAMU film and TV school.
In 1992, she was awarded the French Ordre des Artes et des Lettres, and in
1998, she received the Czech Medal of Merit. She made her last feature
film, Pleasant Moments, in 1996.